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Access to spaces and facilities for physical activity and sport provides children and young people with opportunities to connect, be active, and develop a sense of belonging – supporting both physical and mental wellbeing while strengthening community relationships. In London, access is not always equal, with some communities facing more barriers than others.
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Steel Warriors melts down seized knives and turns the steel into outdoor gyms where we use the sport of calisthenics to transform the lives of margina...
Grow to Know is transforming a disused car park at Lancaster Youth Hub, North Kensington, into a youth co-designed garden — creating a nature-centred ...
Provide accessible multi sports facility in Lambeth for community and educational use Streatham vale and surrounding area that call cater to a range o...
To provide updated and functioncal basketball fit for both recreational and competitive play, practice and enjoyment, for so those who want to engage ...
Go! Feltham will reimagine and revitalise underused space at Feltham Park by refurbishing the existing 11-a-side football pitch and equipping inclusiv...
Sport Streets – activating low traffic streets for sport and play through engagement and physical changes.
This is an innovative community design project which aims to transform the disused and poorly maintained outdoor sports court at the Clem Attlee Estat...
Redesigning education through the lens of sport - bringing together community, education and grass roots sport on a level playing field.
The Nomadic Playground is a youth-led initiative set out to systematically change how play is implemented in London. It turns vacant and underused urb...
Motion4Kids is reimagining SEND school and community spaces across Barnet, Brent and Ealing, with extended delivery in Hammersmith & Fulham, Harro...
The Movement + Creative Enterprise Lab reimagines underused space at Battersea Arts Centre and Caius House as a dual-site youth movement and productio...
Continue Ealing Council’s successful model for empowering passionate young people to co‑create solutions to better utilise Ealing’s existing parks and...
Following a fatal youth violence incident, our project Spring2Life Footie Fest 2026 is reimagining the spaces for sports and play at our Youth Centre/...
A focus on sport in non-sporty spaces/not previously accessible places, targeting our local youth, in partnership with local community organisations a...
The project is to build a Youth and Community Centre on formally a previously disused 16 Acre site on Bellingham Estate in Lewisham at an estimated c...
Active Doorsteps: Playful Places trains and pays local young people as Play Ambassadors to transform underused communal spaces on their estates into v...
This project proposes to radically reimagine street space outside the City of London Academy in Islington as a space for community, play, rest and act...
ParkActive Family Bike Hub reimagines parks as self-access cycling spaces, enabling families and young people to borrow bikes affordably and independe...
Enable's HerSpace Active is a community-driven initiative for Muslim girls in Tooting where we will transform the local Tooting Bec Athletics Track in...
A youth-led community project to transform a local basketball cage into a vibrant, inclusive, integrated multi-use sports and movement space, where ch...
SSI Active is a family-centered physical activity program delivered through a community-school partnership. It creates regular, accessible opportuniti...
We will transform our community centre into a 'Culturally Safe & Integrated Youth Hub' by refurbishing our sports and education facilities into a ...
Our strategy to address inactivity 'A Million More Days' supported by our marketing campaign 'Never in a Million Years' aims to support and encourage ...
Girls Allowed (EndZones) will create active play streets to empower young girls in London's underserved communities, transforming underused spaces int...
A major artist project reimagining the space of Art Block – the South London Gallery’s dedicated off-site creative space – aiming to engage local youn...
A community cheerleading and gymnastics programme open to all, that offers opportunities for participation, performance and competition, based in comm...
Dream Big, Dream Yours is a co-designed, community grounded sports and play infrastructure initiative that transforms underused school land into a sha...
Girls Getting on The Thames reimagines the River Thames as a safe, inclusive and affordable space for sport and play, providing girls in South London ...
A community-led project to reimagine an underused corner of South Millfields Park into an inclusive, high-quality skate and wheeled play space, shaped...
Friends of Stoneydown Park in Partnership with Stoneydown Park Primary School propose to reimagine an underused, wooded edge of the park as a child-co...
This project will transform a long‑abandoned ambulance garage at Hampton Common into a safe, inclusive, community‑designed sports hub with toilets, st...
Phase 3 of the Swiss Cottage Open space improvement project will deliver a brand new purpose built skating plaza including greening and biodiversity i...
Play & Belong will unlock under-used estate, park and other spaces in North East Tower Hamlets by combining regular community-led sessions with a ...
The Shared Space Model expands DFY’s existing after-hours delivery in London schools into a formalised Community Anchor framework, enabling trusted ac...
My Place is a community-led digital platform that empowers Londoners to identify, map and unlock local spaces for sport, play and physical activity, c...
A bright, fun, accessible and fully inclusive Play Hub where all children and young people including those with SEND and additional needs can dive int...
We will unlock school assets, practitioner knowledge and family relationships across 15 Lambeth schools and adjacent VCS provision, opening up schools...
Unlocking the Dock establishes a school and youth club-based inland open water lifeguarding competition: teams train, compete at Royal Docks, earn qua...
A community-led cycling hub that transforms an underused space into a shared, low-cost facility where young people can access bikes, training, group r...
The Sands End Arts & Community Centre Hive uses beautiful, playful spaces and joyful shared experiences to make learning-disabled young people mor...
Community Sparks Change reimagines underused community spaces across London as youth-led, inclusive sport and play hubs that remove economic, cultural...
Bloomsbury Football Foundation’s initiative unlocks access to physical activity for London’s most disadvantaged young people by transforming football ...
Fit For Life Youth will pilot a new way of using Lancaster Youth Club by reimagining the space as a flexible, inclusive sport and play hub for young p...
Boxing Without Walls by Lineage unlocks underused school and community spaces to deliver inclusive, non-contact boxing that builds confidence, movemen...
Your Cages reimagines underused sports spaces by combining free community access with income-generating bookings that fund homework clubs, ICT classes...
Bloomsbury Football Foundation’s initiative unlocks access to physical activity for London’s most disadvantaged young people by transforming football ...
To get a step change in the access to well designed activity and sport particularly for girls and young women in the area.
The Inside–Outside Project brings people together through indoor and outdoor play, practical skill-sharing, healthy food knowledge, and community supp...
By re-imagining the Marlborough Sports Garden (MSG); an open space in North Southwark, we will improve the life chances and access to opportunities t...
This project will develop a permanent, high quality indoor multi-use community space on site, increasing access to safe, inclusive and affordable phys...
We will reimagine a neglected and underutilised council owned building into an Active Inclusion Hub that will be designed, led and managed by young pe...
The Key Performance Institute provides safe, inclusive sport spaces free for young people aged 16–21, co-created with communities to build physical, m...
Enfield Borough Youth will partner with Capital City College Group (Enfield campus) to unlock its existing sports and activity facilities, currently r...
Active Meanwhile is a scalable connector platform that unlocks underused urban spaces across London and transforms them into neighbourhood sport, play...
The Big Green Hub and Wembley Manor School propose to reimagine a disused Bowls Green as 'The Sensory Sports Bowl,' a secure, sensory-friendly multi-s...
A strategy created by young people for young people to lead on reducing inactivity, building community cohesion whilst taking a place-based approach a...
The Grove DIY is a community built skatepark and self-cultivated gardens in South East London.
Up The Path brings young people and communities together to unlock access to sport and physical activity for those who face the biggest barriers. Thro...
Transforming underused community centres like Hargrave Hall into free, youth‑driven Muay Thai hubs, we enable 6–12, 12–16 and 18–25‑year‑olds priced o...
Selby Trust (a locally led charity) and Haringey Council are building Tottenham a complete new £120m village filled with opportunities in an area that...
This initiative transforms The Griffin into a community-led, inclusive sports hub through redesigning facilities, governance, and programming to expan...
Building on the success of a pilot scheme, we will turn underused estate space in Waltham Forest into a community-owned MUGA that increases participat...
Pro Touch SA CIC proposes Active Spaces for All — a community-co-designed initiative that transforms under-utilised and structurally barred outdoor an...
RJ4All Youth Resilience Sports unlocks underused community spaces in Southwark and transforms them into safe, welcoming hubs for restorative sport and...
Reimagining boxing spaces as safe, inclusive environments where vulnerable young people engage in sport, mentoring and therapeutic support to improve ...
Diverting vulnerable young people from harm, increasing physical activity among those who normally avoid sport, improving community cohesion, and conn...
We are redesigning our youth centre garden into a more dynamic, inclusive and engaging outdoor sport space to increase participation and attract more ...
With a proven track record in outdoor learning and inclusive physical education, we are passionately committed to modernising Grange Primary’s under-u...
Rebels transforms inaccessible and underused community spaces into inclusive sports arenas using a MOBILE SPOKE AND HUB (MSH), enabling disabled and a...
Transforming Our School Netball Court into an All-Weather MUGA for Inclusive Sport and Community Use
We will transform our unsafe netball court into a high-quality, all-weather MUGA, providing free, inclusive PE lessons and extracurricular sports club...
We transform underused community spaces in Stamford Hill into safe, culturally‑appropriate micro‑movement hubs that give Orthodox Jewish children and ...
A partnership-led model transforming under-used community assets in Ealing into open-access youth hubs through shared stewardship, activating ‘dead ti...
A youth-led partnership turning an unused secondary school classroom into a shared calisthenics and creative hub.
ZONE Ø ZERO ARENA transforms underused space inside Barking Learning Centre into an immersive, structured after-hours activity arena that increases ac...
Our initiative will enhance and transform the Stratford Youth Hub into a safe, inclusive sports centre that expands access to high-quality sport for g...
Improving the Thunderdome, SE16, so that more young people can access the facility, throughout the week.
By delivering a trauma-informed intervention that utilizes structured swimming and aquatic 'Blue Health' activities—including rhythmic lap swimming, w...
A youth-led pilot that reimagines the Burgess Park rugby pitch as an inclusive, flexible space for sport and play, engaging young people least likely ...
The Bannister Sports Centre Athletics Track reimagined will safeguard and upgrade Harrow’s only public athletics track while complementing a wider Cou...
To help individuals with all disabilities better navigate the world and better integrate to the world around them
Streetz Fit is an immersive, indoor & outdoor fitness and dance initiative, powered by wireless mic’d headphones, that uses music-led movement to...
We re-imagine underused spaces on London estates by installing street gyms and activating them through free, weekly, coach-led sessions, transforming ...
Safe Spaces & Strong Futures is a trauma-informed initiative by You Matter Youth CIC creating safe, inclusive spaces for vulnerable young people a...
Building on SWAPA’s Go! London funded Active Adventures programme, this initiative reimagines the adventure playground as an open-access sports space ...
Conscious Active Spaces transforms underused community spaces into inclusive, youth-led hubs for sport, play, and wellbeing. Our initiative works wit...
A mental fitness workshop series using accessible somatic movement and guided meditation to help young people regulate their nervous systems, reduce m...
SKATE! With DJMC Academy transforms housing estate forecourts, school gates, parks and shopping centre plazas across Enfield and Haringey into schedul...
A multi-sport tournament reinventing Pupil Referral Units facilities across London as valued home stadiums; enabling young people to reclaim ownership...
'Reclaiming the Game' uses football as a trusted key to unlock underused spaces, rebuild belonging & develop youth leadership in London communitie...
Skate Jam, all-ages Silent Disco Skate Jam at Cygnet Square that brings the community together to learn new skating skills, enjoy music in a unique si...
An innovative modular swimming pool that reimagines primary school space to deliver year-round, shared community access to swimming, water safety, and...
Social inclusion and educational programme with the martial art Capoeira, for disadvantaged children and young people in Southwark.
@RePlay is a bold, replicable partnership with young people, network groups, police, landlords and local authorities to transform underused spaces in...
Activating Spaces and Extending Sports Provision for Young People at Eltham Hill School.
The existing outdoor playground is in need of redevelopment to ensure it provides a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment for primary school child...
Hoops for Hope is a youth-led basketball programme in Haringey that transforms underused community courts into vibrant hubs where up to 50 young peopl...
Motivating Valuable Prospects (MVP) is a Brent-based community interest company supporting young people aged 11–16 growing up in environments with lim...
Green Active Futures is a year-round, place-based sport, wellbeing and Forest School programme for children and young people aged 5–16 in Queen’s Park...
Improving access to sports by transforming part of an old community asset into a vibrant centre of sports and play.
For 50 at-risk teens who face mental health challenges, addiction, obesity, and unstable living conditions, GroundWork's outdoor garden space will pro...
We aim to introduce young people aged 11-18 from inner London to the sport of climbing through free weekly sessions and workshops that build physical ...
PowerPod Gym is a modular, energy-generating gym pod installed in schools that boosts young people’s physical activity while converting their movement...
Reimagining Hounslow's Bedfont Hub into an intergenerational, inclusive space for playful, co-designed physical activity that empowers young people an...
As part of our innovative approach, this program aims to create a meaningful connection between community sports and public health systems, particular...
SEND Football Academy is a non‑profit organisation that empowers adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities through inclusive football, bu...
